The Grenada gazette., 1887-09-10

,,.nlariss Of scotlaad en-
~ ~ ~. hss . police army Of Is.
10" No shief has . salary Of
e@ e@s..iise generally. tho average
~sp.sIle y y Ile h England 10 forty-four
as9n II n. average length among the
~; .'sssoa ~ 6fty-three years
S Ss,sol.franed cabs are now being
S'sssct.rsd in England. with a view
'a..s ',Is.ness and greater durability
r wood were used for the pur.
~ =. R..,srtlo's Homes In London
:. I'M hold no fewer than two thousand
es ro hovs md girls wholly dependent
'ol hi h;m: the most Of whom would.
pes s,r their admission to these homes.
;. y, ,n,rObsbly grown up to evil lives.
"e tthan ton thousand other miscra.
oiy ish;ldrep have also been trained In
y. homcs-Bsston Transcript.
~ The British telegraph service.
,..h IL part Of tho post-ofice. does
wv. .sv expenscs since the rate was TO.
r 'sad to sixpcnce per message. or
psot a,ot 70 cents. The deficit for the past
W." w. was E223. 900 ON working OK.
sM sss.s and ES2s, 900 for interest on the
"rIias a, cspNal-tn al ESQ., 900, or
k750M
| In Algeria there is small stream
,,ich the chemistry Of nature has con-
l.,ted s into true ink. 1t is formed by
4. nniou Of two rivulcts. one of which
= ,ery strongly impregnated with iron,
E,;la the other. meandering through
ne,t marsh. imbibes gallic acid, an
.her Ingredient in the formation of
+ Letters and other manuscript
letters =. are satisfactorily written with
ii, singular natural compound Of iron
md gsllic acid, ....
The Bhglish red-tape army and
,vy officials do queer things. Not
E nly do they send canned meat to
Iustralia, were the woods are full Of
,e,t: rice to India and sugar and rum
, Jamaica. but on q recent occasion
hey literally sent Goals to. Newcastle
n n some war ships on tho Tyne. Until
cry recently they used to send vast
uantities Of gun-aints to Quebec every
ear, because such gun adjuncts used
be shipped there a ccntuary ago. -
oslon Transcript.
The remains ofa cemetery belong
o to the ago Of the Gauls have re-
,utly been discovered in Paris, in the
d Fambourg St. German, at the COR
y Of the Rucs Rocroi and Bellcchase.
fty.two tombs have been found with
eIetons, most of which are skeletons
women and children. Only twelve
e skeletons OF men. Many weapons
ID implements have also been un-
rthed-swords. lances, and bronze
d iron Instruments of all descrip.
ms. -Sringfcld Republican.
The Parsees Of Bombay have long
IN famous for their charitable munif-
nee, and the example Of the late Sir
msetjee Jejeebhoy. known through.
the civilized world for his liberali-
Is being emulated at the present
' by another Parsee, Sir Dinshaw
.nockiee Petit sheriff Of Bombay,
10 has Just offered the Government
Bombay one and onc.half lakh (875.-
y, for the purpose Of establishing a
male college in that city. N y M
,cndeM.
Among The peoples who mhabit
region near Stanley Falls is one
icli lias very peculiar copper eoin-
Q. consisting of enormous spear.
IDS made out Of very thin copper.
g Of these is valued as equal to two
ndred English pounds worth Of
ry. Every thing among them has
value rcckoned in terms Of copper
ars. Tippoo-Tib, the rich and in-
entail Arab trader whose henchmcn,
long ago. captured the Stanley
Is station. has sent one Of these
a,s to London. This tribe manu-
lures highly artistic metal work. =
ton Budget.
THE WORLDS BIG GUNS.